Asia

• 19 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Year of the poor" and new evangelization: Bishops in assembly after the Pope's visit Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Philippines gathered in Manila for the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference. As Fides learns, the meeting will last until January 22 and the new evangelization and the " ...
• 17 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Conversions and forced marriages legitimized by the High Court Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Protest and disappointment among the Hindu and Christian religious minorities after a judgment of the High Court of Sindh province, in the south of Pakistan: the court has effectively legitimize ...
• 17 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Pope shows deep compassion for the victims of the Typhoon Palo (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a very touching moment, a moving celebration. Pope Francis showed deep compassion with the victims of the typhoon, during the Holy Mass celebrated, in adverse weather conditions, at Tacloba ...
• 16 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Necessity to re-evangelize families: the Pope encourages them to be "living school of the Gospel" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's message encourages, inspires and challenges families in the Philippines to be 'home and school' of the Gospel". This is what Rene Bullecer, lay Catholic, national director of the "Hum ...
• 16 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Director of a Christian magazine: "With the Pope we say no to the vilification of Islam" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Freedom of press is sacred, but it cannot be used to offend, ridicule or insult religion, especially the Islamic religion, which is very sensitive to the issue of blasphemy. We found a source of ...
• 15 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Director of the PMS: "The Pope in the Philippines shows us mercy towards the last" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "It will be a journey of compassion, even the official theme chosen, 'Mercy and compassion', explains it. The Pope is in the Philippines and will give a testimony of closeness and compassion towa ...
• 15 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite League: a UN resolution against the attacks on religions is needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Governing Council of the Maronite League met on Wednesday, January 14 and condemned what happened in France last week as an "attack on human rights and human dignity, which is in contradictio ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Bishops' Holy Land Coordination visit the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The 16 Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination – body that brings together Bishops and representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe and North America (see Fides 07/01/2015; 12/01/201 ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The local Church: "From Madhu hope to revive peace" Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Marian prayer of the Pope at the Shrine of Madhu is a message of hope: the whole nation remembers that harmony and peace are precious values and essential for the future, they are to be prot ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Frost and snow: first victims due to frostbite among the Syrian refugees Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cold wave that has hit large regions of the Middle East in recent days has caused the first victims among the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. "Four people have died form hypothermia - confirms to ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary, after the bombing in Paris: "Dear Muslim brothers, we mourn with you" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We know how much you are suffering, dear Muslim friends, in seeing terrorism practiced in different parts of the world in the name of Islam and in the name of Allah": is what is written in an ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A mentally disabled man killed on charges of blasphemy Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – A 52-year-old Muslim man, Abid Mehmood, accused of blasphemy in 2011 and released from prison a few days ago because of physical and mental disabilities, was killed by masked men. His disab ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The presence of the Pope, a sign of peace and unity, a wake up call for the nation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope is for us a great sign of peace and unity. His presence represents a wake up call for the entire nation: it is an invitation to undertake the path of peace and reconciliation, dialogue ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: no "approval" from the Patriarch to the emigration of Christians in Germany and Canada Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - With an official statement the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans denies the allegations circulated online that Patriarch Louis Raphael I granted his approval to the emigration of 13 thous ...
• 12 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A hall of Christian worship set on fire: faithful in terror Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Dismay and terror in the Christian community of Rawalpindi. The faithful are still in shock over the incident which occurred on the night of 29 December, when a hall of Protestant Christian w ...